We continued in our Advent emphasis this week with the theme of “Worship is Anticipating and Receiving”. For Monday’s chapel, as an exercise in anticipation, we watched a video clip which was stopped at a crucial point. We waited until Wednesday to see the resolution. Then we heard from two students who shared about what […]
Every year the IMS Youth Council (Y-Co) plans Advent activities between Thanksgiving and Christmas to try to help the students, faculty, and staff get in the Christmas spirit. This was especially difficult but needed this year in light of our recent tragic loss. The Y-Co students served cocoa before school, arranged supplies for students to […]
Emma Beachy, Rubye Ney, Rachel Geyer, Yuli Montes de Oca, Max Martens Five members of Compassion Club packed food for Mid-Prairie elementary students last week. Every week during the school year a different local church or group packs food. IMS students pack food twice. This time a pack of gum and a candy cane […]
This week’s chapel theme was “Worship is Patience and Preparation.” We are in the Advent season, which is an anticipation of Jesus’ coming into the world to bring light to our darkness. As a visual way of inviting the presence of Jesus into our space of worship, we are lighting a candle at the beginning […]
Our chapel times together this week were designed to help the IMS community grieve and cope with the loss of IMS 10th grader, Teresa Cardenas. Monday and Tuesday’s chapel times were spent in being together with each other in our grief. Pastors and counselors were available for the students and faculty. On Thursday, Joel Beachy, […]
